Bassham v. Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co.

This appeal is from a judgment for $20,000 in an action to recover for personal injuries received by appellee in the course of his employment as inspector for appellant in its switching yards at Lafayette, Indiana, while the work of making up trains was going on. In the order of his duties appellee was required to inspect cars, make light repairs and couple up air hose. In doing the last he had to step between the cars, stoop down and reach under the couplers for the end of the hose. While he was thus engaged a “string” of cars, in the course of switching, was pushed down upon a “string” of…